Ryan Giggs has today spoken about his commitment to the club and the chances of his record being beaten.
“It was never a consideration to leave,” he said. “I was linked with a few clubs but it was never really close. Why would I think about it when I was always happy here?”
After making his 800th appearance for the club, questions have been raised over whether this will ever be beaten. Giggsy isn’t so sure though.
“They probably said the same thing when Sir Bobby Charlton retired after 759 games,” he said. “But I wouldn’t be surprised if someone went past my record. The way players look after themselves now, if they get into a first team at 18 or 19 and stay relatively injury-free they can do it. It is a long time and a lot of games but you have other big players at big clubs who have stayed for a long time. They are getting challenged all the time, so there is no need to move on and improve yourself.”
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i think rooney is the best chance
but this man is the bar that was once sir bobby
and if you wanna play for man united you gotta reach for the bar
thank you sir ryan for makin manchester united future bright
Well said GHTT, I think Wazza will get to 1000 appearances for the club.
Great respect to Sir Ryan, LEDGEND.
Well said GHTT, I think Wazza will get to 1000 appearances for the club.
Great respect to Sir Ryan, 825 next season?.
Sir Ryan = Class
In order to do what he did a number of things have to come together: You have to be playing at a great club, have a great manager, great fans, stay in great shape and have the desire to win and always do your best for your club. Not too many players have all of these things going for them in addition to just being a good person.
To even have the remote chance, you have to come on as a school boy or pretty close to it and have an immediate impact on the club. Tiny is correct in that Rooney could do it but there are few others given the players that are currently in front of them.
Lizzie, knight him now!
Lizzie, Lizzie, knight him now!
I think also one of the main reasons he stayed was that Fergie has always been a father figure to him!
roadkill4u thank you for agreeing with me but please dont call me Tiny
thats a private pet name emilys mam has for me and i’d like to keep it private
true utd fan
Tiny with a big place in his mummies heart!
Ron should take notice of the 1st two lines above by Sir.Ryan Giggs.he has won countless number of trophies with United & still going strong.Ron is never going to win more trophies at Real than at United.Ron scores a lot for United because of the world class players assisting him.he has been in poor goal scoring form playing for Portugal & he should realize that.
trevor emily is my kid
giggs is the legend
Actually, Ronaldo would have a better chance of overtaking the record isn’t it? Its a long shot, but for the 4 years and counting he has been with us, the only time he was out for a long period was the start of this season, whilst Rooney has had quite alot of time injured compared to Ronaldo.
Then again that someone prefers the sun to our rain……
I wouldn’t care if it rained piss. I would still live in Manchester and id still want to play for united.
You cant help the southern Europeans, were just not their team, were saved for the rest of the world while they fawn over real Madrid through heavily rose tinted glasses.
Giggsy’s one of my all-time favourite players, but he’s doing a little bit of history re-writing. In his early days he frequently used to freak me out by telling reporters (once Fergie allowed him to speak to them) that he’d one day like to play in Italy. He even said it in the official ‘United’ magazine. He wasn’t pushing hard for it, and it was never as bad as Ronaldo’s ‘dream’ comments about Real, but he said it several times over quite a long period, saying that Serie A was the best league and he wanted the challenge of playing with the best. Thank God it never happened, but it could have done. There’s no doubt the Milan clubs in particular were sniffing around. Eventually Inter got Ince, in 1995, a deal which almost certainly partly resulted from the same behind-the-scenes machinations. As I understood it at the time, Ince and Inter reps used to meet clandestinely in the London flat of a former girl-friend of Giggs. I was sorry when ‘Big Time Charlie’ left, but I would have been devastated if it had been Giggsy. I wonder if he ever suggests to his old mate that he made a big mistake leaving United.
I cant think of one player realistically who dint make a big mistake by leaving united in my lifetime (22years). You could maybe say Stam but he didn’t leave, he was gotten rid of so I don’t think it counts….
…..And he came back.
I can’t think of another player more worthy of having his own statue, right next to the ‘trinity’. Maybe with cantona and keane?
maik im an irish manchester united fan but i dont think keane does
giggs and sir alex statues but i dont know manyy others
I think Giggs has been taken under charlton’s wing! I rekon he is going to lead the same roll charlton has filled for the past 20 years!
Giggs is by far the best idol for anyone to watch!
A true United legend – A Manchester United hero through and through
nice to hear that Giles